RESIDENCE

Any incident involving an emergency or the safety and well being of a resident;
in particular, actions involving illegal narcotics, hazing, racial prejudice, behaviour
in breach of the Harassment & Discrimination Policy, sexually exploitive behaviour
deemed to be abusive or demeaning to persons or violence of any kind.
Any other behaviours listed as category 2 offences in The Residence Handbook.
Sanctioning
11. The following four factors are considered when deciding upon any sanction:
a. the unique circumstances surrounding each incident;
b. prior sanctions assigned for similar or past incidents;
c. the severity level of sanctions may increase for repeat offenders and or number
of incidents;
d. full monetary restitution may be included with respect to any incidents that involve
damage to property, whether it is a result of vandalism or accidental breakage.
Types of sanctions:
12. Any one or more of the following sanctions may be imposed for any of the infractions
listed above:
a. written apology;
b. restriction of non-resident students from residence;
c. suspension of guest privileges;
d. alcohol probation;
e. monetary bonds of up to 20% of yearly residence fees;
f. verbal warning: a verbal warning is notification given to an offending student
at the time of the infraction;
g. letter of warning/on notice: this sanction is a notice given to an offending student
by RLS indicating the date, time, nature of the offence and the status “warning”
or “on notice.”
h. monetary fines: a fine may be issued to any student who is found to have violated
the Residence Discipline Code. Repeat offences may result in increased fines.
i. restitution: this sanction requires restitution to be made to another student(s)
or the College for any loss or damage to personal or College property;
j. community service: this sanction requires provision of a service and or hours of work,
at no cost, which will benefit the residence community. The type of community
service will normally relate to the infraction (ie. damage done to College property may
result in community service hours spent cleaning or refurbishing College property);
k. residence probation: this sanction is a formal notice informing the student that any
kind of further offence (category 1 or category 2) will result in eviction. The Assistant
Director or Residence Hearing Committee may write a letter citing the reasons for
this sanction and the length of time it will be in place;
l. behavioural contract: a behavioural contract is a set of behavioural expectations,
terms and conditions that is developed with the student and signed by the student
with the Assistant Director. With his/her signature, the student is agreeing to the
expectations being placed upon him/herself and is aware that any breach of this
contract constitutes an offence and may result in eviction;
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